On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Dave Lippincott wrote:
> Looks like it could be a quick way for Palm to loose their developer base.
> I tried their developer exchange 'experiment', it was terrible. I think a
> paid support option (with access to Palm trained support engineers) is a
> good idea. It will give the smaller developers a place to go for official
> Palm answers. That is, as long as there remains a 'free' option.
> IMHO: Killing off these news groups would be like Palm shooting itself in
> the foot.
I doubt that I could have ever developed an application without this
group.
Paid support, alone, will kill developent and end Palm's dominence of
the handheld market.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "DIAMOND JEFF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 9:42 PM
> Subject: Does Palm want to end this news group?
>
>
> > I just got a new notification from Palm about the Developer Exchange.
> > Now, I realize Palm wants to encourage as many people as possible to use
> > the exchange.
> > But in their most recent bulletin, they made it sound like their goal is
> > to move everyone over and then kill the newsgroup.
> >
> > Is this just a scare tactic?
> > Even if Palm stopped paying for their engineers like Heather, David,
> > Jim, and others to contribute to the list, I would still like to see the
> > newsgroup continue unofficially....
> >
> >
> >
> >
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